Sunday, March 2, 2014

In something of a curious pairing, director/musician Rob Zombie will
team with AMERICAN PSYCHO author Bret Easton Ellis on an upcoming series
exploring the infamous Manson Family and their vicious crimes in 1969.Variety
is reporting that the two creators, who both specialize in folks
clearly out of their mind (albeit with very different aesthetics), are
in early development at Fox on the series which “aims to tell converging
stories of people and events leading up to and after the murders, from
shifting points of view.”

Manson, of course is notorious for leading a sort of commune and
forming the Manson Family, which turned murderous in 1969 and resulted
in the deaths of seven people, actress Sharon Tate included. Since the
arrests and convictions, his story has endlessly attracted fascination
and inspired a host of art. Perhaps unsurprisingly (his HALLOWEEN II has
quite the large image of Manson on a wall) Zombie counts himself among
the intrigued. He says, “I have been obsessed with this insane story
since I was a kid, so obviously I jumped at the chance to be involved in
this incredible project. After speaking with Bret, I immediately
realized that we shared the same vision for this epic madness.”

The Ellis/Zombie Manson series is still quite a ways off. Keep an eye on Fango for more as it develops.

The key impact of both crimes is that Conspiracy to Commit Murder and Felony Murder do not require the defendant to actually kill anyone or even be present when someone is murdered to be guilty of murder. That, of course, rather obviously is directed at Charles Manson.